Tuft-yarn carrier.



E. H. RYON.

TUFT YARN CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEZO, 1910. v

Patented Apr. 11, 191 1.

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4 1530011 "Wt H .Fr nprleation filed June E20, 19m.

Specification 01E Lctte. w .lF'ntent.

Perl-enlml A pr. Ill, 1913!.

Serial No, 587,771.

i Wu. J U, will zen e11: the United tilt them the county 01 r 7 and E i hflziisme ianseHis, have tell.

Carriers, firlitien.

My invenlimi 'relnms m lull, for Wnle mequeti'e .leems, pnrtienlzirly t the lixeqriwg; nnil .ly 7 rice for the beams inny iln nman r-- Ll were miette learns, Where awn.- n'mre en,-nnl:s or heznns are llSEL/l on one carrier,

veniion in provide the inner coniegn The object in" my in 211 improved lumen-g in; 01.15; ends 011 spooks or hemns, by means 0'! 'Wllllll e spool. or limznn infrgr he readily removed, and also to! prim/hie :in :lnrprm'ecl friction device for the benmswfn' spools.

My invention consists in certain novel fen-"Lures 0f eonstrneliimi oil? my improve Winnie {15% will he hereinafter :lt'nll described Reierring t0 the drawi .Jlgnre l n front View hi? it tuft yarn carrier for wide moquetie lnoms with my impmvenwnts appliecl iherrte. E3 is; n 1011 iinrliml see lien, tin-er h M1, center bein- Fir-q; 14 l! e is e sent/loin 1 3 S, n1 ihe il'irenliien en; nrriw (z, tilflfi'H-B -'l is n s in, on line 41-, ii, llig the ilireeliun e e-w In same enrl. of the ill henm er she and the hem'n in 1"" In the aeerm'ipmr 11 .1 ii are we the upwardly extending arms seemed to the erase hair 3. The her 3 carrier; the when 4, through whieh the tuft, yearn, nel; elm-W11 passes" from the spools; The upper ends of era adapted to ezllier or engage links ml the (nu-rim. ch, 1, net shown. The spring; catches 5, see-mm r .lewer encls ah the ends of the her ll, :1 having heel; Shaped upper ends 5" in e e 0 Me with l'he chain, not shewn, to er" "y 2 spool cairn-rs. The bearing 5% ()1! the i h m Fig. 1, is r pen :r-b its u 3i end in re: 1 the miler rml ill? the imjirnnl ljzlmlr l :ieh: lie held like j r' V Lhri i i the jen ruched per.

:i may he mn LlO- to. I will lllll ilesurihe my imp evemenls.

"lhe center luau-lug for the inner contignme' r-mls ml the lfllllll'lH er sponls 11., consists irrl '-s insinnee of n (.llSh'. or plate 7, having the \"lewm 'arilly exleniling arms 7, see Big. 3, which are pivoia lly attached t0 the bar 3 by 2r pin 8, which exienus transversely thrimgh said. bill. The disk or plate 7 has or central opening 7 Lherelhrough, tu loosely receive lie jenrnzil 2) en one oil. the beams 01' spools l. The join-mil 9 consists in this insmnee 01' a, stud, which is secured within the end of the spool, in this instance, by a i *znnawmse pin J. The sinil 9 forn'iing the jmirnnl ms in this instance a sqnzu'e-shupeil rmeae; f therein, as ghewn by broken lines in Fig. E2, which is adapted to receive the square end 10 of 2L stud 10, secured to the inner enil of the other spool by a transverse pin 10, and forming the journal of the inner will (if rjlllkl speul. Disks 0r washers 1.1. tenrl in :mnulm' greoves or recesses in the (link or hearing plate 7 which are adapt erl to hm. against the inner heads or encls of Lhe spools; er beams I.

N; the miller end of one of the spools: or lllillllF-i l, in :1 spring; hlmle .52, see Fig. 1., seein'ml nil ils lower filiti to the arm 2, and wing all, its miner eml against the outer run-liaise nji' one 11mm or spool head. The spring 12 eels to press the inner ends of the whole ngu'infi; the frielion gsln'lnces 11 on the plale Y, to rehrril the rotation of the epoels, the bleile l5 acting in hold the spool at The nlher 42ml.

"hen ii; is (leasirerl #0 remove a spool or hrmn, the spool or 1mm at the right in lSig. '1, is raised out of its; slotted hearing, by mining out the spring (3, and its inner end iliseenneeleil. from the inner end (If the other spnul, leaving the swivel ring or hearing 7 free in he moved i ils pivulul support in Lhe right, as shmvn in Fi 5, to allow the other spun] at its inner end being; raised t0 willnlrnw the outer end 01'j0lll.'l1ill'0f the spool from its henrings.

ill will he nnrlersleml that the details of (Juirslrlhtljiflll of my llllill'UVGIllOliiS may be l esi rvil.

tween the ends of vthe spools an said-hi9 the spools, and friction surfacesI-on lsaid bearing, and means at the outer 'l ids of'tlm spools, to cause frictional-angst ement' betion surfaces. 2. The combination with a tuft 3mm cantheir contlguous ends to rotate in unison,

Withesss': rier, ofa plurality of spools eonnected at v frictional engaiemen b ib'etwee n ma inner ends fthe spgo and Sificl irigticgsugfaaps JOHN C. MINNAHAAS.

and a. bearing pivdtfifl y irnouifled. on the y'aia carrier, for the contiguous ends of the spwls, and. friction surfaC sPmgi wicwsbearing, anal "a spring blade or arm at the -outsr'. end at I a spool to bear.against--:sai&;enc1',and cause 

